So this is democracy

Section 163 of the 2007 constitution states:

The persons having the right to vote of not less than ten thousand in number shall have a right to submit a petition to the President of the National Assembly to consider such bill as prescribed in Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 of this Constitution.

A bill must be attached to the petition referred to in paragraph one.

The rules and procedure for the petition and the examination thereof shall be in accordance with the provisions of the law.

In considering the bill under paragraph one, the House of Representatives and the Senate shall facilitate representatives of the persons submitting a petition to state the principles of the bill and the non-standing committee for considering such bill shall consist of representatives of the persons submitting a petition in an amount of not less than one-third of the total number of its members.

At The Nation this is reported:

Both coalition and opposition MPs will ignore any bill submitted by the people to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the spokesman of the House speaker said Wednesday.

Wattana Sengpairoh, the personal spokesman of House Speaker Somsak Kiartsuranon, said although voters or civil groups would gather signatures to sponsor a bill to amend Article 112, the House would leave the bill to lapse.

Wattana said both the coalition and opposition saw that the article should not be amened.

“So, I am making this announcement so that the society could feel relieved. The Pheu Thai has 265 MPs and it will not support any bill that seeks to amend Article 112. The opposition will not support the bill either. If such a bill is submitted the House, it will be left pending and eventually lapse,” Wattana said.

So is this royalist “democracy”?